Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census : From the Constitution to the American Community Survey

The Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census, Second Edition updates and expands a critically-acclaimed resource to the history, politics, content, procedures, and uses of the decennial census of the American population.

The new edition highlights changes in the Census Bureau’s data collection and dissemination practices for the 2010 enumeration, including the use of a short-form questionnaire for the actual population count, and the release in late 2010 of the American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year data set based on rolling samples of the U.S. population and gathered using the long-form questionnaire. The second edition also comprehensively covers the fallout from the 2000 census and recent issues affecting the administration of the 2010 count.

Constance F. Citro is the Director of the Committee on National Statistics at the National Academy of Sciences.

Margo J. Anderson is a Professor of American History at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and has published several books on the U.S. Census.

Joseph J. Salvo is the Director of Population Division at the New York City Department of City Planning.